Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Somalia
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Yemen
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Romanian
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3626
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2921
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Përshëndetje
Hello
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Ju lutem
Fadlan
Sorry
Me fal
sorry
Bye
mirupafshim
caraysiiyo
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
Më falni
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Italy
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
100,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Shqip
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
albanais
somali
German Name
Albanisch
Somali
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Somalis
Origin
1462 AD
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Somali
Language Position
1483
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
som
ISO 639 2/B
alb
som
ISO 639 3
sqi
som
ISO 639 6
sqi
som
Glottocode
alba1267
soma1255
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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